TY - JOUR
T1 - Outcomes of Advanced Gastroesophageal Cancer Patients with Equivocal HER2 Expression with or without ERBB2 Gene Amplification
AU - Abdelhakeem, Ahmed
AU - Wang, Xuemei
AU - Rogers, Jane E.
AU - Trail, Allison
AU - Zhao, Meina
AU - Blum-Murphy, Mariela
AU - Estrella, J. S.
AU - Ajani, Jaffer A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - Background: Prior studies have shown that patients whose tumor overexpresses Her2 at 3+ level by immunohistochemistry (IHC) fare better than those whose tumor overexpresses Her2 at 2+ level (with ERBB2 amplified). Therefore, it would be important to compare the outcome of patients whose tumor expresses Her2 at 2+ level but further classify by gene amplification studies as positive or negative. Methods: We retrospectively identified patients with advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma with low Her2 protein expression (2+ by IHC) whose tumors were evaluated for gene amplification of ERBB2 by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). All patients received first-line therapy, and trastuzu-mab was added according to Her2 status. We compared overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall response rate (ORR) of the entire cohort and compared Her2-positive tumor patients' outcomes with Her2-negative tumor patients' outcomes. All patients had treatment response assessments and follow-ups at our institution. Results: We identified 87 patients whose tumors expressed Her2 at 2+ level. 51 (58.6%) were Her2-negative and 36 (41.4%) were Her2-positive by FISH. For the entire cohort, the median OS was 26 months (95% confidence interval 16.6-37.6), and the median PFS was 12.2 months (95% confidence interval 9.7-19.3). Median OS, median PFS, and ORR did not differ between Her2-positive and Her2-negative patients (p = 0.70, p = 0.60, p = 0.91, respectively). Conclusions: Our data suggest that patients with Her2 positivity or negativity when tumors have lower Her2 protein expression (2 + by IHC) have similar clinical outcomes. Further research is warranted in this cohort.
AB - Background: Prior studies have shown that patients whose tumor overexpresses Her2 at 3+ level by immunohistochemistry (IHC) fare better than those whose tumor overexpresses Her2 at 2+ level (with ERBB2 amplified). Therefore, it would be important to compare the outcome of patients whose tumor expresses Her2 at 2+ level but further classify by gene amplification studies as positive or negative. Methods: We retrospectively identified patients with advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma with low Her2 protein expression (2+ by IHC) whose tumors were evaluated for gene amplification of ERBB2 by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). All patients received first-line therapy, and trastuzu-mab was added according to Her2 status. We compared overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall response rate (ORR) of the entire cohort and compared Her2-positive tumor patients' outcomes with Her2-negative tumor patients' outcomes. All patients had treatment response assessments and follow-ups at our institution. Results: We identified 87 patients whose tumors expressed Her2 at 2+ level. 51 (58.6%) were Her2-negative and 36 (41.4%) were Her2-positive by FISH. For the entire cohort, the median OS was 26 months (95% confidence interval 16.6-37.6), and the median PFS was 12.2 months (95% confidence interval 9.7-19.3). Median OS, median PFS, and ORR did not differ between Her2-positive and Her2-negative patients (p = 0.70, p = 0.60, p = 0.91, respectively). Conclusions: Our data suggest that patients with Her2 positivity or negativity when tumors have lower Her2 protein expression (2 + by IHC) have similar clinical outcomes. Further research is warranted in this cohort.
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U2 - 10.1159/000509148
DO - 10.1159/000509148
M3 - Article
C2 - 32998149
AN - SCOPUS:85092620865
SN - 0030-2414
VL - 98
SP - 884
EP - 888
JO - Oncology (Switzerland)
JF - Oncology (Switzerland)
IS - 12
ER -